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New Jersey school systems.

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593school systems
2,393operating schools connected
1,323,927students in finance records
574complete 2019–2024 finance trends
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What changed from 2019 to 2024?

New Jersey school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 574 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$26,427Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+6.5%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+30.6%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-1.6%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems574 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,350,5531,307,453
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$28,441$26,192

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Irvington Public School District

Irvington, NJ

Students
7,770
Schools
12
Spending / pupil
$25,227

+15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.9% enrollment

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Jackson Township School District

Jackson, NJ

Students
7,628
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$25,381

+6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.1% enrollment

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Egg Harbor Township School District

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Students
7,473
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$26,961

+17.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Franklin Township Public School District

Somerset, NJ

Students
7,352
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$28,151

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Piscataway Township School District

Piscataway, NJ

Students
7,333
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$22,884

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Washington Township School District

Sewell, NJ

Students
7,302
Schools
12
Spending / pupil
$24,987

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.4% enrollment

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Hillsborough Township Public School District

Hillsborough, NJ

Students
7,263
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$23,351

-1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% enrollment

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Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District

Parsippany, NJ

Students
7,227
Schools
14
Spending / pupil
$26,845

+3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.3% enrollment

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North Bergen School District

North Bergen, NJ

Students
7,165
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$23,807

+5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.4% enrollment

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Camden City School District

Camden, NJ

Students
7,117
Schools
16
Spending / pupil
$41,480

+17.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.8% enrollment

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South Orange-Maplewood School District

Maplewood, NJ

Students
7,047
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$24,203

+11.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.3% enrollment

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West Orange Public Schools

West Orange, NJ

Students
7,030
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$31,416

+5.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.0% enrollment

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Monroe Township School District

MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ

Students
6,906
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$23,614

+1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.1% enrollment

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Gloucester Township Public Schools

Blackwood, NJ

Students
6,644
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$23,057

+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.7% enrollment

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Lenape Regional High School District

Shamong, NJ

Students
6,593
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$29,138

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.1% enrollment

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Livingston Board of Education School District

Livingston, NJ

Students
6,489
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$24,489

-2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.7% enrollment

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Linden Public School District

Linden, NJ

Students
6,461
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$27,303

+9.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.9% enrollment

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Sayreville School District

Parlin, NJ

Students
6,460
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$22,331

+13.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.6% enrollment

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Bloomfield Township School District

Bloomfield, NJ

Students
6,438
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$23,198

+13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Atlantic City School District

Atlantic City, NJ

Students
6,401
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$35,527

+29.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Bridgeton City School District

Bridgeton, NJ

Students
6,213
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$23,490

+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Montclair Public School District

Montclair, NJ

Students
6,192
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$26,961

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Westfield Public School District

Westfield, NJ

Students
5,979
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$23,512

+6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment

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North Brunswick Township School District

North Brunswick, NJ

Students
5,950
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$27,644

+16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District

ORANGE, NJ

Students
5,918
Schools
12
Spending / pupil
$26,047

+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.1% enrollment

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Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District

Fanwood, NJ

Students
5,758
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$22,005

+3.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.9% enrollment

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Monroe Township Public School District

Williamstown, NJ

Students
5,746
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$22,603

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.7% enrollment

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Howell Township Public School District

Howell Twp, NJ

Students
5,716
Schools
12
Spending / pupil
$25,521

-2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.8% enrollment

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Morris School District

MORRISTOWN, NJ

Students
5,708
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$25,494

-7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.4% enrollment

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Fair Lawn Public School District

Fair Lawn, NJ

Students
5,567
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$24,143

-1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.3% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.